The lady of Chongxi has supernatural powers and is favored by the powerful official

Gu Ruoxi didn't know, but Nangong Yu recognized it. It was the voice of Qingqiu, the eldest girl beside her mother.

"Come in."

Nangong Yu raised his voice.

Then the door was pushed open, and Qingqiu came in with two little girls, but the two little girls carried in a box with some difficulty.

"Madam, these are all the clothes you are going to wear today and tomorrow. I will bring people to clean up the rest of the dowry later."

After putting down her clothes, Qingqiu took the two little girls out again.

The dowry includes a part specially prepared for the bride to wear on her wedding night, such as clothes or some special items.

Then there are the clothes that the bride will wear on the second and third days. Two days are left for the servants to prepare the bride's dowry.

There should be some dowry, which is the bride's private belongings. These things are packed in this box.

Gu Ruoxi opened the box and found a bundle, inside of which was a new red dress.

But this dress seems a little complicated.

When I was growing up in the backyard, I only wore some clothes that my mother had altered. They were all simple styles like those of the servants.

But this dress is all patchy. How do I wear it? There are so many straps, where do I tie them?

I found the sleeves, and hurriedly put them on, but I realized the hem was a little short. This should be Gu Ruolan's clothes. Is she shorter than me?

Gu Ruoxi wanted to cry but had no tears.

I remember that when I took off my bridal dress last night, I untied three belts, one for tying my petticoat, one for tying my outer skirt, and one for decoration.

Now these tapes make it impossible for me to tell them apart. I can’t tell them apart at all.

Nangong Yu on the side also raised his eyebrows.

This...either he will only wear it when being served by a maid, or he will never wear it at all!

"Ahem... come here."

Nangong Yu gestured, and Gu Ruoxi still obediently walked to Nangong Yu's side holding the clothes.

If he hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have been able to take off my bridal outfit last night.

"Ruoxi, you...you have your clothes on backwards."

Nangong Yu couldn't help but remind him.

"what?"

Gu Ruoxi looked up blankly, then lowered her head and pulled at the clothes.

What's wrong? The embroidery is clearly on the outside. The stitching is on the inside.

It's just that the strap is a bit strange, it's on the neck. Fortunately, it's long enough, so when you pull it down and tie it, the dress looks a bit like a belly-baring outfit.

Nangong Yu smiled slightly:

"It's reversed. This is the collar, and this is the body."

Nangong Yu could only pull his clothes to give him a reminder.

Gu Ruoxi's face turned red!

The clothes were not worn properly.

I quickly changed it and found that this was the right way.

Then wear a skirt.

We know that petticoats are worn inside, and there is no embroidery on petticoats. The embroidery is for others to see, so the embroidered ones must be worn outside.

Gu Ruoxi took the petticoat and wrapped it around her. But which belt should she use? There was an embroidered one, which must be the outermost one. If that was ruled out, the other two seemed to be of different lengths?

Short inside and long outside?

Gu Ruoxi felt that she had relied on her own intelligence to put on the clothes.

But...tying a belt still requires some knowledge.

Gu Ruoxi tried to tie it twice but failed. Either the back was not tied properly, or the front fell off.

Nangong Yu bit his lips, trying not to laugh, and reached out to help her and whispered:

"How did you dress before?"

"I used to..."

I almost said that the clothes I wore before were all elastic or with belts, and I mostly wore pants, so it’s not the trouble of wearing three layers on top of three layers.

Let’s look back at the memories of our predecessors:

"Before, I wore pants that my mother altered for me from her clothes. I had never worn a skirt. Yesterday was the first time I wore one."

Nangong Yu’s helping hand paused.

A girl who has never even worn a skirt!

Nangong Yu didn't laugh at her. He just felt a little uncomfortable.

But he still whispered:

"There's still some time. I'll tell you that we should go to recognize our relatives today. Remember what I said. You can't tell anyone about my leg. As for the others, you should call them what your mother tells you to call them. If your mother doesn't tell you anything, just pretend you don't know. Just ignore them. Okay?"

Acknowledge?

Yes, their family has a lot of people. Even if I want to live a lazy life in this mansion in the future, I still have to get to know everyone in the mansion.

This is how Gu Ruoxi comforted herself.

"it is good."

She knew Nangong Yu was reminding her. Just as he helped her tie her skirt, there was a knock on the door:

"Yu'er."

It’s the Marquis’ wife who’s here.

Nangong Yu immediately lay back on the bed and covered himself with the quilt.

Gu Ruoxi looked at him and then went to open the door.

The marquis's wife came over with Nanny Yang and Qingqiu and several other maids.

This time, following behind Qingqiu was Ruyue.

When Ruyue saw Gu Ruoxi, she bowed timidly and opened her mouth but said nothing, but it was obvious that she was afraid.

However, the other two maids who came with the dowry, Lotus and Taohua, were nowhere to be seen, not to mention Madam Liu.

When Gu Ruoxi saw Ruyue bowing, she then thought of bowing to the Marquis’ wife. So, she bowed in another inappropriate way:

"Mrs. Hou."

Xie Qingrou reached out and held Gu Ruoxi, smiling gently:

"Good boy, call me mother from now on!"

Gu Ruoxi also smiled:

"mother."

"Well, is Yu'er awake? Did he cry out in pain last night? Thank you for taking care of Yu'er last night. He just recovered from an illness and it's a little hard to take care of him. Please bear with him."

Madam Hou said this as she led Gu Ruoxi inside.

Although her son woke up last night, the Marquis still didn't sleep well. She couldn't go to the bridal chamber to watch over him, and she was always worried that she would wake up from a sleep and it would be a dream.

I dare not sleep deeply.

Madam Yang also stayed with her all night, and interrogated Madam Liu at the same time. She felt even worse after learning some news.

It was finally dawn. She had asked the maids to come and check twice. Finally, a little maid came back and said that Sister Youhua from Chaohui Courtyard was punished by the prince to kneel in the yard.

She immediately asked Qingqiu to come over and deliver the young lady's private box into the room first.

She walked to the inner room, turned around the screen, and saw her son leaning against the bed. The wife's eyes reddened, and she was finally relieved that her son had really woken up.

"Yu'er, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Do you want to ask Dr. Yang to come and see you again today?"

"No need, mother. Old Doctor Yang said that he can go back and think about it and come back for acupuncture in two days. There's no need to rush me."

Nangong Yu knew that he was poisoned this time, and his mother was worried about him. He comforted his mother softly:

"By the way, mother, find someone to help Ruoxi with her hair. She may not know how to do it."

He wanted to divert his mother's attention and stop her from worrying about him.

Madam Hou nodded and said:

"It's okay. Nanny Yang will comb her hair. There's no need to rush to meet those people. Just wash and comb her hair and let Xi'er eat before going to meet them. We're not in a hurry."